MYTH 1: The automotive industry shouldn’t worry about leaving the EU with #nodeal
TRUTH: Leaving without a deal would trigger the most seismic shift in trading conditions UK Automotive has ever experienced smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: This is a cyclical sector & other issues are also undermining global growth but companies surveyed said Brexit was costing jobs & competitiveness smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: These are issues challenging the global industry but uncertainty is causing investors to look elsewhere smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: The EU, which accounts for more than half of our trade, is a 15 million-strong car market on our doorstep smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: Sterling devaluation may make exporting cheaper, but it makes automotive manufacturing more expensive & will not offset the cost of tariffs smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: Unless UK reaches agreement with the EU, tariffs will increase. If prices rise the market will contract causing consumer choice to shrink smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: If the UK wants to sell cars to the EU & other global markets, it must comply with these rules. We currently have a say in their creation. smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: ‘No deal’ will cost jobs, not create them. Thousands of cuts have already been announced with 1 in 8 companies reducing headcount smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: Recent announcements have shown how difficult it is to replicate trade deals. Free trade agreements take many years to negotiate smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: 12% of cars sold here in the UK are built here. We export more than 80% of the cars we produce smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH Using tariffs to support domestic industry is strictly regulated under WTO rules. Some financial support is allowed but other countries could retaliate smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: German & EU car industries have been clear: the single market matters more than a deal with the UK smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…
TRUTH: Auto manufacturing delivers an annual £82bn to the Treasury, employs 186,000 people & is 13% of the UK’s export in goods smmt.co.uk/2019/03/13-aut…